On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate for the 25 million foreign-born persons in the U.S. labor force dropped one percent from 9.1% in 2011 to 8.1% in 2012.

In 2012, the labor force participation rate of foreign-born was slightly higher than that of native-born worker, at 66.3% and 63.2% respectively.

The Labor Department also covered differences in educational attainment, finding that while nearly a quarter (24.6%) of foreign-born workers 25 years old and over lacked a high school degree, only 5.1% of native-born workers had failed to graduate high school.